Listen: The National's Track for Game of Thrones

Hear the dark "Castamere" now

The fact that the National's lead singer is often nicknamed "the Dark Lord" by his bandmates shouldn't make it any surprise that the Brooklyn-based five-piece seem to be fantasy nuts: Following their song for Portal 2 last summer, the National are now making an appearance on the Game of Thrones soundtrack, with a version of in-story song "The Rains of Castamere", titled solely "Castamere" in this instance. Take a listen below.

According to Game of Thrones-pedia (no such convenient "Wookiepedia"-level nickname seems possible, sadly), the song details the "violent dynastic struggles among the kingdom's noble families for control of the Iron Throne." Whilst there's no ostensibly comparable battles between the Dessners, Devendorfs, and Berningers, Matt Berninger proves for the second time in a week that he's got serious narratorial chops should his career as a brooding frontman ever come to an end.